El Señor Wilder y yo
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Barcelona : Editorial Anagrama, 2022.
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8433981099, 9788433981097
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Published
Barcelona : Editorial Anagrama, 2022.
Format
Book
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271 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Spanish
ISBN
8433981099, 9788433981097

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Translation of: Mr. Wilder and me.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Una novela nostálgica, dulce, culta y encantadora, atemporal, con la que vuelve un Jonathan Coe cargado de sensibilidad y oficio.A sus cincuenta y siete, la carrera como compositora de bandas sonoras de Calista Frangopoulou, griega afincada en Londres desde hace décadas, no pasa por su mejor momento. Tampoco lo hace su vida familiar: su hija Ariane se va a estudiar a Australia, sin que aparentemente eso la entristezca del mismo modo que entristece a su madre, y su otra hija adolescente, Fran, está pendiente de interrumpir un embarazo indeseado. Mientras su profesión la arrincona y sus hijas, decididas o titubeantes, empiezan a abrirse paso por sí solas, Calista recuerda el momento en el que todo empezó para ella; julio de 1976, cuando en Los Ángeles, y ostensiblemente poco arreglada para la ocasión, se presenta con su amiga Gill en una cena que celebra un antiguo amigo del padre de esta: un director de cine setentón del que ninguna de las dos sabe nada, y que resulta ser Billy Wilder; Wilder, que, con su esquiva bonhomía, termina contratando a Calista como intérprete para que la asista en la filmación de su nueva película, Fedora, que se rodará en Grecia el año siguiente...
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A nostalgic, sweet, cultured and charming, timeless novel, with which a Jonathan Coe returns full of sensitivity and craft. At fifty-seven, the career as a soundtrack composer of Calista Frangopoulou, a Greek based in London for decades, not going through its best moment. Neither does her family life: her daughter Ariane goes off to study in Australia, apparently not making her sad the same way it makes her mother sad, and her other teenage daughter, Fran , is pending termination of an unwanted pregnancy. While her profession corners her and her daughters, determined or hesitant, begin to make their way on their own, Calista remembers the moment in which everything began for her; July 1976, when in Los Angeles, and ostensibly underdressed for the occasion, she shows up with her friend Gill at a dinner held by an old friend of her father: a seventy-something film director neither of them knows anything about, and who turns out to be Billy Wilder; Wilder, who, with her elusive bonhomie, ends up hiring Calista as an interpreter to assist her in the filming of her new film, Fedora, which will be shot in Greece the following year...
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Text in Spanish.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Coe, J., & Lacruz, J. (2022). El Señor Wilder y yo (Tercera edición.). Editorial Anagrama.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Coe, Jonathan and Javier, Lacruz. 2022. El Señor Wilder Y Yo. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Coe, Jonathan and Javier, Lacruz. El Señor Wilder Y Yo Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2022.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Coe, J. and Lacruz, J. (2022). El señor wilder y yo. Tercera edición. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Coe, Jonathan, and Javier Lacruz. El Señor Wilder Y Yo Tercera edición., Editorial Anagrama, 2022.

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